CHKS Accreditation Council and Awards Panel

The Accreditation Council and Awards Panel ensure impartiality in awarding  accreditation and ISO certification, inform standards development and ratify revisions, oversee the accreditation process and advise on all issues relating to the quality agenda.

As volunteers, they bring independence to the accreditation process and a breadth of 
expertise that reflects the broad range of organisations we work with. The members 
represent Royal Colleges, professional institutes and other healthcare organisations, and 
cover different healthcare sectors and specialities. The Accreditation Awards Panel meets 
every six to eight weeks specifically to review accreditation survey and monitoring reports 
and discuss accreditation awards.

Accreditation Council Members

 

  • Mrs Elizabeth Fenton, Chair, Deputy Chief Nurse, Health Education England OBE

  • Miss Jo Marsden, Vice Chair, British Association of Day Surgery

  • Mr Gerard Crofton-Martin, Director of Transformation and Improvement, Social Care Institute for Excellence

  • Mr Carlos Esteves, Coordination of VMER (Medical Emergency Vehicle/Service) Centro Hospitalar do Medio Ave,  E.P.E., Portugal

  • Ms Hayley Hall, Lay member

  • Ms Alison Newman

  • Dr Gabrielle Stanley, Former Lecturer/Associate Specialist in Paediatric Dentistry, Birmingham University. Hospice Ambassador


Find out more about our council members here.


Awards Panel Members

 

  • Elizabeth Wheatley, Chair, Independent Healthcare Consultant

  • Monica Mooney, Vice Chair, Independent Healthcare Consultant

  • Carlos Esteves, Coordination of VMER (Medical Emergency Vehicle/Service), Centro Hospitalar do Medio Ave, E.P.E., Portugal

  • Mary Farrar, Independent Healthcare Consultant

  • Anne Jenkins, Deputy Matron, Quality and Risk Manager, King Edwards VII's Hospital, London

  • Mr Gary Sheils, Chief Operating Officer, Hope House Addiction Treatment Centre

  • Dr Shanthi Thomas, Consultant Physician

  • Simon Harrison, Director of Ideas Afresh Ltd/ Independent Healthcare Consultant

  • Isabel Ho, Quality Superintendent, Radiotherapy Services, The Harley Street Clinic

  • Tom Woods, Independent Healthcare Consultant

  • Liz Fenton, Council Observer, Deputy Chief Nurse, Health Education England